Needlebooks come in quite handy for keeping track of your pins and needles (and make a charming addition to any sewing basket).

I’ve created several of these lovely and portable cases to use while working on large sewing projects, associating each unique design with pleasant memories. Making needlebooks is a wonderful way to practice embroidery . . . and they make lovely gifts, too!

Here is how you can make your own {primrose style} needlebook . . .

The Supplies

Felt (wool or cotton)

Embroidery Floss

Needle

Scissors

Circle pattern from card stock (three inches in diameter)

The Directions (click the pictures to enlarge)

1. Following your pattern, cut out four pieces of felt (two for the outside cover and two for the inside).

2. On the back of the front cover piece, make a knot in the felt.

3. Bring the needle to the front and by Back Stitching, sew a circle in the middle of the cover. This will be the center of the Primrose.

4.Fill the center of the flower with Double French Knots (as shown in directions 4-6). Pull your thread through the font and wrap the thread around the needle twice.

5.Hold tightly onto the thread about an inch from the stitch.

6.Insert needle into the felt, making sure that it is right next to the original stitch. If it goes back into the same hole that it came up from, the stitch will pull through to the back and need to be redone. Pull thread all the way through until a little knot appears.

7.Back Stitch the outline of the flower petals.

8. With the straight stitch, add three little lines at the base of each petal to give it depth.

9. The Seed Stitches are small straight stitches randomly sewn every which way. Sew these around the outside of the flower close together and gradually farther apart as you stitch away from the petals.

10.Blanket Stitch around the edge of the front and inside two pieces, leaving about one and a half inches of the circumference un-stitched.

11.Place the other two pieces on the back side of the first two with the second inside piece facing the already sewn inside and the back outside piece facing outwards.

Continue the blanket stitch on all four pieces for the un-sewn inch and a half. Then finish sewing the blanket stitch around the edge of the back side two pieces.

12.Run the thread through the felt where it cannot be seen from the inside or outside. Bring the thread to the surface of the outside and double knot.

One of the beauties of needlebooks, is that you can take this idea and create a wide assortment of your own variations, whether they be for personal use, decoration, or gifts!

There are endless possibilities to the extra beauty you can create using different styles, sizes, shapes, embroidered decorations, etc!

It’s LOVELY Emily Rose! :D What beautiful stitches! I love this idea, I took some needles with me the other day to work on a project, and I had to take my whole needle pack with me instead of just a neat little case like this. ;) And yes, I think these would make such sweet gifts! :)

What a beautifully sewn needlebook crafting project! I love the embroidery stitches you stitched on the cover and the blanket stitches around the edges~truly lovely!
I thought I recognized the stack of felt from a photo you published a while ago of a sneak peek of the Girlhood Home Companion! And I am excited that you posted it here!

Well, I’m looking forward to making a few of these gems sometime! Thanks for the lovely tutorial!
Joyfully in Jesus,
Elizabeth

It was so good to see your family last weekend, and I especially enjoyed talking with your Mom. She was sharing snippets about starting a business, but we (Sarah and I especially) would really appreciate if we could discuss everything in more detail. Whenever you have a free afternoon we would love to get together and discuss business over a healthy meal : )

May God bless you and Breezy as you persevere through the end of your current project. I am sure it will touch many lives.

Oh, how lovely! Thank you so much for sharing. I shall have to keep in mind this wonderful tutorial; what a lovely gift it shall make for dear friends for the holidays!
Thank you again!
Blessings,
Grace

I am absolutely thrilled to have come across a beautiful blog like this. I’m currently studying in order to prepare to be baptized into Christ, and just seeing how you conducted your life so colorfully and in ways praise God for giving you that talent is truly inspiring!

I hope to become your sister in Christ soon and really adored the wedding pictures. (Hope my future other-half and I will praise God and live life as sweetly as the couple in your pictures :)

Hello, fellow Hoosier…I came across your blog quite by accident while searching for handmade flower info (I’m doing the florals for a friend’s wedding). I’ve never seen a needle book…never heard anyone refer to one, either; however, after seeing the info and photos here, I’m in love with the idea. Your tutorial is so engaging to me that I left the page open for many days. I’ll bookmark this and come back to look in the future…not because I need instruction- it’s a simple concept and I’ll have no trouble executing one -but because I so enjoy the look of your work and your presentation. Thank you.